ATCC? Number:VRMC-24?
Classification: Papovavirus, Polyomavirus
Agent: JC virus type 8A
Strain: pJCPNG-Ag [molecular clone of JC polyomavirus, JC virus]
Original Source: Cloned DNA is from virus in human urine, Papua New Guinea [48301]
Depositors: DV Jobes
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Comments : Description of cloned agent: Name: JC virus Strain: 803A Classification: Papovavirus
References : 48301: Jobes DV, et al. A novel JC virus variant found in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea has a 21-base pair deletion in the agnoprotein gene. J. Hum. Virol. 2: 350-358, 1999. PubMed: 10774552